Handbag
Category
Leatherwork
Date
Unknown
Materials
Leather
Measurements
280 mm (Width)
Collection
Rufford Old Hall, Lancashire
NT 784535
Summary
A leather hand bag with Egyptian figure decoration. Flat bag with two rectangular sides. One side has a design of figures set in small panels. This side is partly coloured using red, blue, grey and gold paint. The reverse is taken up with a single scene, modelled in monochrome (brown) leather - a figure on a camel in a landscape containing two palm trees and two pyramids. A hide carrying handle is stitched along both edges. Press stud fastening. The inside is embossed in an imitation of pigskin. Here there are two window compartments, two small pockets and a small mirror. A large interior pocket is lined with a lighter tan leather, similarly embossed. The remaining leather is dark brown. A tourist item.